"Looking Through the Eyes of Love" is a song written and composed by

Barry Mann Barry Mann (born Barry Imberman; February 9, 1939) is an American songwriter and musician, and part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Cynthia Weil. He has written or co-written 53 hits in the UK and 98 in the US. Early li ...

and

Cynthia Weil Cynthia Weil (born October 18, 1940) is an American songwriter who wrote many songs together with her husband Barry Mann. Life and career Weil was born in New York City, and was raised in a Conservative Jewish family. Her father was Morris Weil ...

. It first became a popular hit in 1965 by

Gene Pitney Gene Francis Alan Pitney (February 17, 1940 – April 5, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Pitney charted 16 top-40 hits in the United States, four in the top ten. In the United Kingdom, he had 22 top-40 hit singles, inclu ...

. In 1972,

The Partridge Family ''The Partridge Family'' is an American musical sitcom starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy. Jones plays a widowed mother, and Cassidy plays the oldest of her five children, in a family who embarks on a music career. It ran from S ...

recorded a hit cover version.

Gene Pitney version

was the first artist to have a hit recording of "Looking Through the Eyes of Love" in 1965. His version reached number 3 in both

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and the

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, number 28 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and number 34 in

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in 1965. It was featured on Pitney's 1965 album '' I Must Be Seeing Things''. The song was produced by Stan Kahan and Pitney.

The Partridge Family version

released a cover version of the song as a single in 1972 that reached number 9 on both the U.S. adult contemporary chart and UK Singles Chart, number 16 in Canada, and number 39 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100,The Partridge Family, "Looking Through the Eyes of Love" U.S. and U.K. Chart Positions
Retrieved January 16, 2015 the group's final Top 40 hit. Their cover was produced by

Wes Farrell Wes Farrell (December 21, 1939 – February 29, 1996) was an American musician, songwriter and record producer, who was most active in the 1960s and 1970s. Career Farrell was born in New York, United States. Farrell's catalogue includes close ...

and released on

Bell Records Bell Records was an American record label founded in 1952 in New York City by Arthur Shimkin, the owner of the children's record label Golden Records, and initially a unit of Pocket Books, after the rights to the name were acquired from Benny ...

. It was featured on the 1972 album '' The Partridge Family Notebook''.

Other versions

Marlena Shaw Marlena Shaw (born Marlina Burgess, September 22, 1942) is an American jazz, blues and soul singer. Shaw began her singing career in the 1960s and is still singing today. Her music has often been sampled in hip hop music, and used in television ...

released a version of the song on her 1969 album '' The Spice of Life''. *

Rusty Bryant Royal Gordon "Rusty" Bryant (November 25, 1929 – March 25, 1991) was an American jazz tenor and alto saxophonist. Biography Bryant was born in Huntington, West Virginia, and grew up in Columbus, Ohio, becoming a fixture of the local jazz scen ...

released a version of the song on this 1973 album '' For the Good Times''. *

David Cassidy David Bruce Cassidy (April 12, 1950 – November 21, 2017) was an American actor, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was best known for his role as Keith Partridge, the son of Shirley Partridge (played by his stepmother, Shirley Jones), in t ...

released a solo version of the song on his 2002 album '' Then and Now''.

References

1965 songs 1965 singles 1972 singles Songs written by Barry Mann Songs with lyrics by Cynthia Weil Gene Pitney songs The Partridge Family songs David Cassidy songs Musicor Records singles Bell Records singles Song recordings produced by Wes Farrell {{1960s-single-stub